Fox News host Laura Ingraham In response to criticism from Democratic Senator Dick Durbin who called her and colleagues, she described the Covid-19 vaccine as “experimental.” Tucker Carlson “The anti-vaccine quack.”
period Senate In a speech on Monday, the 76-year-old Illinois Senator Durbin claimed that Ingraham and Carlson were “quacks against vaccines” and said that they spread “I think it’s irresponsible about vaccines” on the show. information”.
He added: “If there is anything that prevents you from being mentioned in the show, I certainly hope [Fox News] Will warn Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.”
The senator subsequently praised Fox News Celebrities such as Steve Doocy and Harris Faulkner Sean Hannity Regarding past positive reviews of vaccines, he did not criticize the Internet by name.
Ingraham responded to Durbin’s comments on her show Ingraham Point On Monday night, he called the senator a “wind sock” and claimed that “all of this has nothing to do with the vaccine. This is all about suppressing speech before next year’s midterm elections.”
The host also called Durbin a “fossil” and claimed that the campaign to vaccinate the United States was an “anti-democratic and anti-freedom” push for “an experimental drug that goes against the will of Americans-threatening them and threatening to deprive them of their rights.” Freedom if they do not comply. “
Although Ingraham claims that these vaccines are “experimental”, Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines have been approved for emergency use. Food and Drug Administration In the United States, it is only open to the public after going through the safety inspection and testing phase.
Monday’s show is not the first time Ingraham called the Covid-19 vaccine “experimental” because she described the Biden administration as a “vaccine promoter” when she discussed parental rights in the United States on Thursday’s show
“Now, on the issue of COVID, the government and so-called public health experts are trying to force your child to get an experimental COVID vaccine, whether you like it or not,” Ingraham said Thursday after saying the subject of her show that night. Hide your children”.
Carlson Also responded Regarding Durbin’s comments during the show, Tucker Carlson tonight, On Monday, accused the senator of trying to “follow a partisan line to further split the country.”
The host insisted that he was not opposed to vaccination, but asked to answer “basic questions” about the Covid-19 vaccine available in the U.S.
“Pay attention to what he didn’t say. Durbin didn’t accuse us of spreading false information. He didn’t accuse us of being wrong in fact. Of course, we didn’t and did not oppose vaccines.
“Few Americans are opposed to vaccines. Almost every American has received a large number of vaccines and wants to receive this vaccine,” Carlson told the audience on Monday.
“But when you refuse to answer basic questions about vaccines, and use such partisan topics to avoid them, it makes people nervous.”
Weekly newspaper Fox News and Durbin have been contacted for comments.
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